Alcohol; Distillation; Alcoholic beverages; Corn--Utilization; Whiskey industry
In the whisky industry there is a balance between the desire to adhere to the traditional production process and the desire to increase profit margins. One solution that follows both stipulations is to increase the alcohol yield of a given batch of...
Enzymatic hydrolysis is an important, but time limiting step in the process of converting biomass into ethanol. High solids concentrations are desired in order to minimize reactor size and achieve a higher concentration of glucose in the end...
High solids processing of biomass slurries provides the following benefits: maximized product concentration in the fermentable sugar stream, reduced water usage, and reduced reactor size. However, high solids processing poses mixing and heat...
A man stands on a corn shredder in a field of dirt and cropped corn, operating a wheel; another man stands with his arm on the shredder. In front of the shredder a dark horse and a white horse are attached to a cart bearing three barrels. Across...
A growing interest has manifested itself within the past two or three years in "phytin" and "phytic acid", and in some of the compounds of the latter. Posternak first isolated this substance from the seeds of the red fir,...
Display at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, probably in the Palace of Agriculture, featuring a framed illustration of an Native American man in a checked blanket holding a narrow pipe to his mouth, with two women farming in the distance in...
Boy on a porch of a log cabin in Letcher County, Kentucky "gritting" corn by scraping an ear of corn along a rough board and catching the grits in a large bowl.
Indoor exhibit at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, probably in the Palace of Agriculture, of a tower labeled "Nebraska" topped by an eagle standing on a starry ball. The tower is decorated with ears of dry corn and is surrounded...
Aunt West (an old woman wearing a light-colored dress and shawl) sits in front of a pile of corn, holding a broom, with a basket at her feet. Title supplied by cataloger.
Aunt West (an old woman wearing a dark dress and shawl) sits in front of a pile of corn, holding a broom, with a basket at her feet. Title supplied by cataloger.
Jilson Setters (a pseudonym for James William (J.W.) Day, 1860-1942), wearing a hat and carrying a cane, stands by piles of harvested corn resembling haystacks (probably on his farm in Rowan County, Kentucky). Title supplied by cataloger.
A woman wearing a long dress and man wearing a suit and straw hat stand outside a dilapidated log cabin amid a field of corn. Title supplied by cataloger.
Indoor exhibit at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, probably in the Palace of Agriculture, containing many open-sided structures or display cases topped by domes and then balls with triangular tufts above. "Virginia" is written...
Man operating a hand mill in Letcher County, Kentucky. He stands next to a wooden fence with corn growing on the other side and the Appalachian Mountains in the background. A wagon can be seen in an open-sided building.
Aunt West (an old woman wearing a shawl) stands in front of a corn pile with two grandsons, wearing tattered clothing. Her daughter, seated, holds an infant wrapped in a blanket.
Aunt West (an old woman wearing a shawl) sits, holding a broom and a basket, in front of a pile of corn, accompanied by her grandsons, two little boys in frayed clothing.
